Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured full planning permission at appeal for the change of use of the upper floors of an existing commercial premises in Stoke-on-Trent to three apartments. The application had been refused by the Local Authority on the grounds that the apartments had insufficient internal floor area to provide an acceptable level of residential...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd has recently secured prior approval under Class MA of the Permitted Development Order for the change of use of a vacant restaurant in a small village within the Borough of Newcastle-under-Lyme to residential use. The application was accompanied by plans of the proposed layout of the new dwelling, along with a supporting Planning Statement...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission for the expansion of an existing industrial premises within the Staffordshire Moorlands. The site was located within the Green Belt and the proposal had met strong with resistance from the planning officer who had concluded that the proposal was inappropriate development and that very special circumstances had not been...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. working alongside the world renowned Ström Architects has recently secured planning permission for the erection of a contemporary replacement dwelling on a site within the Green Belt in Cheshire. It was a challenging application, with a number of significant planning constraints, but through a carefully thought out supporting Planning Statement, we were able to...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. was recently approached by an applicant to lodge an appeal against a refusal of planning permission for a two storey side extension and rear dormer window. The application had been refused on the grounds of its harm to the character and appearance of the building and the wider streetscene. Through a...
The Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has recently announced that local residents will be able to vote on whether local developments are granted planning permission. There is a distinct lack of detail of how this will work, but we expect it will entail changes to the Permitted Development Order and a form of prior...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured a lawful development certificate to confirm that an applicant had lawfully commenced his approved planning application before it had expired, making reference to relevance case law and providing sufficient evidence to clearly demonstrate beyond the balance of probability that the continuation of works on the site would be lawful.
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission for the erection of a large extension to a restaurant within the west midlands green belt. The extension was part of a package of enhancement works being carried out by the client on the site with the intention of making the site commercially viable. The scheme was...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured planning permission for the installation of a biomass facility at Hoar Cross Hall, Nr. Burton-on-Trent. The proposal will see the established hotel and spa become less reliant upon non-renewable energy sources as a consequence. The scheme involved numerous challenges, including impact on the surrounding Conservation Area, impact on nearby...
Rob Duncan Planning Consultancy Ltd. has recently secured consent for the conversion of an agricultural building to a dwellinghouse under Class Q Permitted Development. The case presented a number of challenges in terms of noise, with the M6 motorway being located nearby, and in respect of harm to Great Crested Newts. A clear and concise case was...
